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Giants OT Beatty expected to miss 5-6 months

The Sports Xchange

May 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm.

Beatty (65), a second-round pick in 2009, has started 63 of 82 games in four seasons and has missed just one game over the last three years. Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

New York Giants left tackle Will Beatty is expected to miss five or six months because of a torn pectoral muscle.

The 6-foot-6, 329-pound lineman suffered the injury lifting weights, according to FOX Sports. He underwent surgery Wednesday, according to Newsday, and is not expected back until midseason.

Beatty, a second-round pick in 2009, has started 63 of 82 games in four seasons and has missed just one game over the last three years.

The Giants drafted Ereck Flowers with the ninth overall pick this month, with the idea of starting him at right tackle. But he likely will move to left tackle now.

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